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Protesters want Eastpointe council to recognize Pride Month BY MARIA ALLARD allard@candgnews.com
EASTPOINTE — When Sara Waldecker was a freshman at East Detroit High School — now Eastpointe High School — she realized she was bisexual. “I kept it a secret at the time,” the St. Clair Shores resident said. “I’m terrified someone in that high school or (Eastpointe) Middle School are (currently) going through the same (expletive) I went through.” Waldecker, 39, was among approximately 80 people carrying rainbow flags and wearing Pride T-shirts who on the evening of June 28 attended a Pride Protest in front of Eastpointe City Hall, located at 23200 Gratiot Ave. Eastpointe resident Timothy Kniaz, there with his husband, Nick Gevedon, organized the event after a resolution to declare June 2023 as LGBTQ+ Pride Month in the city failed. “The protest is to show everybody what love is about. This is a great show of solidarity,” Kniaz said. “We need to start making this city more uniform. Let your gay flags fly.” The Eastpointe Pride Protest was held on the 54-year anniversary of the Stonewall riots, which began June 28, 1969, when New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club located in Greenwich Village in New York City. The raid sparked a riot among bar patrons and neighborhood residents. “They fought back for six days,” Kniaz said. “That led to
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Eastpointe school board approves new administrative hires BY MARIA ALLARD allard@candgnews.com
EASTPOINTE — Although school is out for summer vacation, the Eastpointe Community Schools Board of Education has been busy. At the June 26 Board of Education meeting, the school board approved the hires of three new administrative positions. With a 7-0 vote, Russell Ball was approved to become the new K-12 athletics and activities director. “Russell has completed one year with us here in Eastpointe Community Schools and, in that time, stepped up in his leadership of physical education at Eastpointe Middle School, stepped up and took on some coaching roles for us,” Superintendent Christina Gibson said. “I would be remiss if I didn’t say that Russell Ball blew away the field in the interview process and was far and away the best
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Eastpointe resident Timothy Kniaz, right, with husband Nick Gevedon, left, organized the Pride Protest in front of Eastpointe City Hall June 28.
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